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Behind the Lens with Simon Roberts.

Throwing back to London Olympics 2012 in celebration of the London Marathon this weekend, we get a first hand account from Photographer Simon Roberts on what it was like to shoot such a major sporting event....

Date of images and why they were taken?

These photographs depict the Men’s Marathon event, which was held on the last day of the 2012 London Olympics. The course was specifically designed to take in some of the most important historic sites across the city, like this picturesque view of the Houses of Parliament.

Having been granted special access to photograph the Olympics by the IOC, my photographs take in not just the sporting spectacle itself, but all its surrounding social, cultural and political vistas. My perspective is somewhat oblique to the usual sports photographs we see; they explore the relationship between the public and the athletes, putting them in the context of the built environment and the wider social issues thrown up by hosting such a thoroughly modern spectacle.Process behind capturing the day?

One of the biggest challenges covering an event like the Marathon are the logistics of moving around the course, when much of London is closed to traffic. I had to plan in advance which locations I could get to during the 3 or 4 hours that the elite athletes would be running, whilst also thinking about the iconic backdrops that were possible. I decided on the Houses of Parliament as a key image, along with a shot through the City of London near St. Paul’s and then the finishing line - all which could be reached by tube and had platforms available for accredited photographers. The trick is being able to get a good position, and is one of the reasons I always seek out an elevated perspective where possible. Failing that, I carry a small ladder!Something we don't know just from looking?

I was particularly interested in recording the 2012 Games because they were held on the fifth anniversary of the credit crunch, against the backdrop of economic uncertainties, Eurozone turmoil and predictions of a long, slow financial recovery. In many ways, therefore, it was a period reminiscent of the last Olympics held in London, in 1948, which became known as the austerity games. London 2012, it was widely claimed, presented an opportunity for the British public, and indeed much of the rest of the world, to momentarily forget the economic gloom that surrounded us. In the end, Britain staged a showcase of extraordinary human endeavour, delivering one of the largest post-war public works projects. I think these photographs capture some of the buoyant national mood that was on show in London at the time.

Camera used and why?

This was actually the first major series that I’d shot digitally. Prior to this I’d always used a large-format 4x5 film camera. However, the IOC stipulated that know tripods were allowed to be used on any Olympic site, which meant I couldn’t use a 4x5 camera. Instead, the series was shot on a PhaseOne digital camera.

DMB Welcomes New Artist Emily Maye!

Haris Nukem x Huntar-Pony feat. Gucci Mane!

Watch the full music video for Huntar feat Gucci Mane -Pony! Directed by DMB's own Haris Nukem!

Davide Luciano x Daily Harvest

Check out the amazing new work by Davide Luciano. Advert Shot and created for Daily Harvest.

An Interview with Iva Burkertová

We caught up with one of the inspirations for the Nike 24x24 Campaign, Iva Burkertová, shot by DMB Artist Finn Taylor!

Hamish Stephenson for Puma x Arsenal!

Hamish Stephenson recently directed a short promo for Arsenal’s new 2017/18 Home Kit featuring Puma’s innovative ACTV technology. Produced by DMB. The video is on display at the Puma store on Carnaby Street in London’s Soho.

Behind the Lens with Philippe Starck & Boat International.

An inside scoop on the latest story for Boat International with Photographer Christoffer Rudquist.

Nadia Lee Cohen x Zizi Donohoe Campaign.

Flick through the latest Campaign for Zizi Donohoe by Nadia Lee Cohen..

Shooting with Nike.

Travel across Istanbul and Moscow with Photographer Finn Taylor as he shoots the new Nike Air Vapormax Advert..

DMB Welcomes New Artist Alex de Mora!

Get to know the latest Artist to join DMB, Photographer Alex de Mora...!

Behind The Lens with Typhoo & Nigella Lawson..

This week we caught up with Photographer Finn Taylor to find out what it was like shooting Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson for the new Typhoo advert.

When Christoffer Rudquist met Method-2.

Photographer Christoffer Rudquist gives us a first hand account of his time shooting the mechanical marvel Method-2, for Wired Germany.

Behind the Scenes with Alex Aiono & Hamish Stephenson

Go behind the scenes with Alex Aiono for his single "Question". Original music video directed by DMB Artist, Hamish Stephenson. Production by DMB.

Alex Aiono- Question

Hamish Stephenson directs new music video for Alex Aiono-Question. Watch it here...

The Paul Smith for Martin Parr Collaboration is here!

A five piece limited edition collaboration is now available at Dover Street Market....

Welcoming Davide Luciano!

Get to know the newest Artist to join DMB! Davide Luciano...

Share Your Shot!

This week we caught up with Photographer Eudes De Santana to get the story behind the image!

Martin Parr - A Lifetime Achievement in Photography!

To celebrate Martin Parr winning Sony's A Lifetime Achievement in Photography Award, we look back through his years in pictures! Congratulations!

Share Your Shot!

Get the story behind the image! An insight with Photographer Simon Roberts.

Two Blue Buckets.

An Interview with Photographer Peter Fraser on the re-release of his book "Two Blue Buckets".

Share Your Shot!

Get the story behind the image, with Photographer Finn Taylor.

An Interview with Mat Maitland

For the love of surrealism! We caught up with Art Director and Visual Genius Mat Maitland to discuss his recent work for Please Magazine, his love of pop art and everything in between!

Behind the Lens at London Men's Marathon

For this years London Marathon we recap on Simon Roberts story for the Mens Marathon at London Olympics 2012...

Finn Taylor Celebrates 6 Years with DMB!

We catch up with Photographer Finn Taylor to discuss and celebrate both his work and his time with DMB.

Snow in Kyoto

Augmentation of Sight Sacralization Exhibition - Simon Roberts

Simon Roberts uses augmented reality within his exhibition to pull the viewer into the landscape and emphasise fleeting moments, where the essence of the individual location can be exposed to the viewer.

A Guide to Indulgence - Nadia Lee Cohen

A personal film by Nadia Lee Cohen that creates a satirical world where female inhabitants push their appearances into cartoonish extremes. Nadia uses music and subtle word play to portray extreme representations of femininity.

TOP Tips on sports photography with Finn Taylor

We caught up with photographer Finn Taylor to get some first hand industry top tips on sports photography.

Sight Sacrilization (Re) framing Switzerland - Simon Roberts

Simon Robert's observational footage of a snow-covered mountaintop. Simon's work examines the impact of Switzerlands image. Here we have a short film, which is part of an exhibition at Fotostiftung Shweiz.

(The Swiss Foundation for Photography).

Isaac Delusion: "Isabella" Directed by Nadia Lee Cohen

Nadia Lee Cohen directs special new music video for Issac Delusion "Isabella". A band of blonde wigged heroines mesmerise in this pink-tastic visual from the French elctropop group.

Exclusive look at Installation of Simon Roberts work "Sight Sacrilazation"

Now showing at Fotostiftung Schweiz, as part of the group exhibition 'Unfamiliar Familiarities: Outside Views on Switzerland’, Simon Roberts gives us an exclusive insight to the exhibition.

Fushimi Inari

Christoffer Rudquist takes us on a visual journey, as he creates his own visual map around Japan.

BEHIND THE IMAGE WITH FINN TAYLOR AND FC BARCELONA

An insight into a day shooting with Finn Taylor for FCB

Behind the scenes with DMB x Nike

Exclusive look at what DMB production got up to on our latest shoot with Nike x Hamish Stephenson

Hamish Stephenson x VOCOSPORT x OJIE EDOBURUN

Behind the scenes with DMB & Nike.

See what the DMB Production Team got up to on our latest photo shoot with Nike & Hamish Stephenson.

Life Through a Lens, the Importance of Street Photography with Jeff Mermelstein.

From moments that make history to everyday life, why capturing the real world is still so important.

"Otsuchi Future Memories" by Alejandro Chaskielberg

Awarded Sony World Photographer of the year 2011, Alejandro Chaskielberg has visited and photographed the people in Otsuchi, a small fishing town in Tohoku Japan, since 2012 in the aftermath of Tsunami. This video shows his recent exhibition in the town, created in collaboration with local residents of Otsuchi.

What Really Makes Good Street Photography? An Interview with Bruce Gilden.

An honest, to the point insight into Street Photography with Bruce Gillden, circa 2014.

Coffee with Christoffer Rudquist.

Professional Photographer Christoffer Rudquist gives an insight into the world of Interior Photography along with key industry advice.

5 Tips on Fashion Photography with Hamish Stephenson.

We caught up with photographer and filmmaker Hamish Stephenson this week to get some first hand industry tips.

There's something about Marla, a Haris Nukem Exclusive.

We catch up with Haris Nukem to discuss creativity & cult classics.

Amongst the Presidential Election, an interview with Jeff Mermelstein.

Street Photographer Jeff Mermelstein documents the U.S Presidential elections and gives us a first hand insight into the night itself.

Street Photography with Bruce Gilden.

An archived 2008 documentary on street photography. Hunt for characters on the Streets of New York City with photography legend Bruce Gilden.

Everything you didn't know about Vantablack, the darkest colour on Earth.

This month Photographer Christoffer Rudquist & Audi Magazine got up close and personal with the intrinsic process which has brought you the darkest colour on the planet...

DMB INTERVIEW NEW GARAGE-POP DUO K.I.D.

We catch up with K.I.D to chat about their new single "Errors", plans for the future, and what it was like to work on set with our very own Nadia Lee Cohen.

Christoffer Rudquist x Field Day Interior Design Studio

Puma X Trapstar Unruly video by Hamish Stephenson.

Martin Parr: Unconventional: An outsider's look at the Republican National Convention for CNN.

Parr describes the entire RNC as "bonkers," filled with moments reminiscent not just of rock concerts, but of Comedy Central. "It's so void of any sustenance and reality, but therefore very enjoyable," he said about the convention. "What's going to be interesting to see is how the Democrats are different. Whether they're obsessive or whether the Republicans are in a tribe of their own."

Trailer = PUMA x TRAPSTAR x Hamish Stephenson

Haris Nukem Golden girl. EPIC!

Aston Martin’s AM-RB 001: the fastest car of all time captured by our amazing Christoffer Rudquist

You are looking at what may yet prove to be possibly the fastest and more certainly the quickest motor car that will ever be built.

"Fire & Ice" Audi magazine by Christoffer Rudquist

Iceland has been harnessing its volcanic power in some shape or form for almost 1000 years. Now a new project could see the country sharing that power with the UK.

David Birkitt directs Halfords new TV ad with a real family in collaboration with Mother London.

Halfords launches its first ever TV ad to feature a real family. With “For Life’s Journeys” strapline, the TV ad shows a family leaving home for an adventurous weekend together and celebrates the real, everyday moments of British family getaways. David was chosen to direct this TV ad with a real familly and help Halfords build an emotional, rather than just a rational, relationship with customers.

HAMISH STEPHENSON + ADYN = BOXING

Haris Nukem's visual signature for Lovesick London SS16

"We live our lives in such a way that when we get out of bed in the morning, The devil says, "Aww shit their up "

Finn Taylor photographs Ian Taylor, CEO of Vitol

The global energy company sits in the Fortune 500 list with revenues upwards of $270 Billion.

Christoffer for McLaren's Project

Courchevel 1850 has more than 90 percent of the super-chalets in the Alps. La Bergerie set over 2600 m2 and five floors was built in 2013 for £20 Million. You can hire it for £280.000 per week in peak season!

A Different Lens: "I commissioned photographer Christoffer Rudquist for his structured eye and approach to documenting a moment in time..."

"He works with great contrast of light and shade and looks at documenting the day to day in a beautiful way. From private jets to engine overhaul, showing the quality of the business throughout the world from California to Luton for BBA Aviation." - Matthew Shannon

HARIS EDITORIAL FOR NAKID MAGAZINE

The set that was exclusively submitted for NAKID documents the double rad Bluebell kicking it through London’s east end.

JOHN MIDGLEY for LIBERTY FAIR

John's new work, part of his ongoing collaboration with Liberty fair. Liberty Fair curates the most foward thinking brands and bring them together with the industry top buyers in an inspiring design driven environnement.

FINN X MUTAZ X NIKE

Nadia's new campaign for TK Maxx shot and produced on location in South Africa

In a vivid, hyper-real style, Nadia Lee Cohen once more showcases her talent. She brings her visions of saturated, surreal dreamscape, with a twist of wit in order to fulfil the client’s ambition to create bold and distinctive work that brings to life the qualities of TK Maxx.

Nadia Lee Cohen has created a lush set of special memes featuring Kali in 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER for HUNGER.

Colombian born, but now LA-based, Kali Uchis has been making waves since 2012’s Drunken Babble, following up with last year’s stoned and sun-kissed album Por Vida.

Citizen K by Nadia Lee Cohen

Nadia shoots beautiful range of bags from Louis Vuitton, Dior, Kenzo, Gucci and more for Citizen K magazine The popular magazine is known for showcasing high-end fashion of the world, bringing the concepts of fashion and style together.

Martin Parr dines with Le Bon Marché

Martin Parr photographs high-end brands such as Valentino, Gucci, Prada and Dior with a twist on fine dining for Le Bon Marché.Property of LVMH Luxury Group, Le Bon Marché sells a wide range of high-end goods. A space for living and shopping, Le Bon Marché serves as a creative breeding ground designed along resolutely contemporary lines. Its spaces express the way it interprets trends and define a unique art de vivre.

Hamish Stephenson x ADYN

Hamish photographed insta-famous model Diego Barrueco for the ADYN SS16 collection. ADYN is a growing contemporary male fashion brand sold in Harrods, that tips the balance between androgynous and ambiguous dressing.

Nadia Lee Cohen features in Wombat NO.21

Nadia features in Wombats beautifully handcrafted limited edition box containing two numbered collectible prints and one artist's portfolio. The photographs were from the making of Divine, a mini B-movie that pays homage to the famous American transvestite, actor and singer of the 70s and 80s. Wombat's portfolio aims to discover emerging talent or internationally renowned artists and photographers through their original collectible art prints.

Haris Nukem x Boy London

Haris captured the new Rugby & Drip collection for Boy London, the iconic brand founded during the punk era. Boy London products are now worn by celebrities including Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, Jessie J, Jay Z to name a few. Haris has managed to bring out the perfect balance between the brand punk heritage and today contemporary inspirations.

“I decided to photograph in black and white,” he says, “because I thought, This is extremely sad. Other than the flags, there are no colors left here.” But when he found a waterlogged family photo album lying in the street, he was startled to see the colors that had smudged and blended together. Those saturated hues, he thought, were colors creat­ed by the tsunami. With that palette in mind, Chaskielberg began to turn tragedy into tableau...

Hamish Stephenson + Nike = LunarEpic Midnight pack video

Nike asked Hamish Stephenson to film their new midnight pack featuring: The Nike LunarEpic Flyknit, the Nike Flyknit Lunar 3, the Nike LunarTempo 2 and Nike LunarGlide 7. The video is featured on Nike.com

TWO BORN EVERY MINUTE. Christoffer inside Nissan's Mega Factory for Car magazine.

The Nissan Sunderland plant is one of the most efficient car plants in the world. Christoffer Rudquist produced these stunning, graphic images of the plant in action.

Finn Taylor + Mutaz Barshim + Nike = Nike LunarEpic

Finn Taylor was commissioned by Nike to go to Doha in Qatar to shoot Mutaz Barshim. The Qatari track and field champion specialises in the high jump. He is the national record and Asian record holder. The new Nike LunarEpic is featuring a revolutionary mid-height collar design and new tooling system. It offers a virtually vanishing fit!

We are happy to welcome Haris Nukem to the DMB Represents team!

His subjects exhibit an unbridled ease, enabling him to capture their fall into various stages of indulgence, chaos or triumph. The result is a body of work which documents our intense relationships with ourselves, peers, partners and our work through a supremely impassioned lens.

Martin Parr auto-portraits at Tate modern exhibition "performing for the camera"

With over 50 seminal photographers on display, the exhibition explores the relationship between photography and performance, engaging with serious, provocative and sensational topics, as well as humour, improvisation and irony.

Gilden’s new book is called Face. Even by his standards, it’s extreme!

“Face”, Gilden’s just published book, combines face portraits that he took from 2012 to 2014 during his travels in America, Great Britain, and Colombia. The frames are entirely filled by unforgiving portraits of people who have been battered and bruised by life itself. Bruce Gilden’s mugshots are exactly that: the result of being mugged by his camera by being poor, disenfranchised and, in some instances, by a retreat into alcoholism or addiction. Unusually, he was able to gain permission from all his subjects.

Hamish Stephenson creates an 'Antiordinary' video for pq by Ron ARAD

Ron Arad is an artist, architect, designer & creative pioneer. Arad has recently invented a new brand of technologically advanced glasses under the brand: pq.

Hamish was chosen to create this vibrant graphical video. A DMB production.

TjejLand on Rebecca Scheinberg:

The beauty of photographer Rebecca Scheinberg’s work is how utterly unashamed it is of artifice. Staged, primped, preened and manipulated, it is a new form of hyperreality that is utterly mesmerising.

Martin Parr The Rhubarb Triangle and Other Stories

'Arguably Britain’s greatest living photographer'The Telegraph

The Hepworth Wakefield is delighted to announce a new commission and major survey exhibition by British photographer Martin Parr.

The Rhubarb Triangle & Other Stories opens to the public on 4 February 2016 - 12 June 2016 and will be the largest Martin Parr exhibition in the UK since his Barbican retrospective in 2002, comprising more than 300 photographs that span the past 40 years.

Happy New year

So what did you do on NYE?

Made memories, made babies?Stories – who did who, who did what, who didn’t do? 2016 is the year for retinal stimulation, conversations on and under the table and ‘who cares’ joyful memory making that lasts.Here’s to you, to them, to us, let’s make babies!

Nike chooses Finn Taylor to shoot Robert Lewandowski for their new Tech Pack.

Finn Taylor meets again with Robert Lewandowski to shoot Nike Tech Pack, the innovative fabric finds new expression in silhouettes engineered for off-duty athletes—including those at the highest level.

Finn Taylor shoots Anna Lewandowski for Nike.

Following all day Anna Maria, the wife of footballer Robert Lewandowski, is not an easy task. Former world karate champion, part of the Polish national team and nowdays a renown nutritionist that shares her daily routines on her famous blog: http://hpba.pl/?lang=en

Nike chose her to be a brand ambassador & our of course no one better than our photographer Finn Taylor was able to capture her athletic & yet very feminine persona.

It's Nice That: The singular vision of Rebecca Scheinberg for UNIQLO.

To celebrate Uniqlo LifeWear in 2016, It’s Nice That has partnered with Uniqlo on New Perspectives. We asked four creatives to cast a Uniqlo garment of their choosing in a new light.

Still life photographer Rebecca Scheinberg is known for creating images so technically perfect they almost look computer-generated. The constant refining, relighting and attention to detail involved in her labour intensive process must, we imagine, require the patience of a saint. “It’s always difficult to describe what you do when you’re inside of it,” she says. “Generally I’m interested in creating aesthetically satisfying work, where you are pulled into the image, hopefully despite yourself.”

L'Emission d'Antoine - Canal+ Hosted by Antoine de Caunes

If you haven't met her yet you soon will, and as Antoine De Caunes enthused on his show this week "Nadia, you are the photo sensation of the moment!". Given her retro styling and quirky creative nuance Nadia was the perfect partner for his show L'emission d'Antoine on Canal+. Antoine created the cultural zeitgeist of the 2000's Eurotrash which he presented with Jean-Paul Gaultier on Channel 4.

WE HEART INTERVIEWS NADIA.

Nadia Lee Cohen Shoots Emma Brewin’s SS16 Collection.

Talk about a match made in heaven. For SS16 avant garde faux fur designer Emma Brewin has teamed up with surrealist photographer and Hunger favourite Nadia Lee Cohen to shoot her campaign, inspired by lovers, lust and romance.

A$AP ROCKY - BBC Live Lounge by Hamish Stephenson

Dismaland by Mark Mattock for Love Magazine

Five weeks ago the elusive Bristolian led other artists in filling a derelict lido at Weston-super-Mare with thought-provoking art and installations. Visitors to Banksy's Dismaland have toured the pop-up "bemusement park" for the final time, and Mark Mattock was there to capture the dystopian theme park for Love Magazine upon its closure.

Six sides of Nadia Lee Cohen

Nadia Lee Cohen's Halloween themed portrait shoot and film in the lead-up to all hallow's eve featured on Hunger Magazine.

MARK MATTOCK - VOGUE, THE JEWELLERY

Vogue today announced the release of a new book celebrating jewellery in the magazine over the past century. Entitled Vogue The Jewellery the book catalogues the magazine's relationship with precious stones and other adornments - as photographed by such luminaries as Mark Mattock, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Corinne Day, Norman Parkinson, Irving Penn, Mario Testino and Bruce Weber.

Nadia Lee Cohen x Chloe Black - Wild at heart

Chloe Black's cinematic sound collides perfectly with director Nadia Lee's noir aesthetic as the pair channel a shared passion for David Lynch movies and the darkest humour in the video for “Wild at Heart”. Cohen’s hyper-reality provides the perfect backdrop for Black’s sweeping sound as “Wild at Heart"'s floating vocal compliments the short film’s more abstract moments. Chloe is Sony's next bright young star who is sure make a major impact on the alternative pop scene.

AMERICAN MADE BY BRUCE GILDEN

S Magazine in accordance with Leica, shot entirely by Bruce Gilden as he traipses across America, from state fair to state fair, to run-down neighbourhood.

"My photography has transformed into a personal comment on the state of the contemporary American Dream, and the anxiety about an often bleak and uncertain future that I discern in the eyes of my compatriots."

We’ve moved our Paris office!

Bigger, better, more fun. Change is always a good thing.

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

DB9 GT Bond Edition shot by Christoffer Rudquist

For more than half a century Aston Martin has been the sports car of choice for the world’s most famous spy, James Bond. Now, the luxury British brand is celebrating the release of Spectre with the launch of the strictly limited DB9 GT Bond Edition shot by none other than Christoffer Rudquist.

NADIA LEE COHEN - BANNED CARTOONS

BRUCE GILDEN - RATP

RATP welcomes Bruce Gilden into 16 metro and RER stations to exhibit exclusive works, a testimony to his perception of urban mobility, in five cities where the RATP Group operates: Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Manchester, New York and Paris.